Category Archive Seniors Fell

Wow! You have been out in huge numbers at the Witton Park Summer Trail Relays and the Trawden 7 Trail Race. We’ve had fastest legs, outright wins and championship successes this week. Chris Holdsworth and Louisa Powell-Smith continue to shine and our juniors have been showing us what they are made of. There’s also been road marathons, mountain marathon and Isoman triathlons as well. We have a couple of late ultra race results with some brilliant performances.Oh, and I have a nice new pair of ultra comfy shoes.

Late Results

Missed from last week’s roundup here are a couple of impressive late results from our ultra-runners!

Lavaredo Ultra Trail – Friday 24 June

The North Face Lavaredo Ultra Trail is a running race that takes place along paths in the Dolomite Mountains – a World Heritage site – for about 119 km (Approx. 74 miles) and with a variation in altitude of 5,850 metres (Approx. 19193 ft). The race is partly self-sufficient and it starts on Friday 24 June 2016 at 11.00 p.m. in Corso Italia in Cortina d’Ampezzo; maximum time: 30 hours.

Jean Brown took part in this event and finished in 216^th place with a time of 20:00:45. 976 Runners took part.

Jean Reports

Massive thank you to Victoria Wilkinson and Denise Park! Two weeks ago my left calf / Achilles hurt walking, but after a concentrated effort from Vic; Denise working her magic; and me following their expert advice, I was on the start line of the Lavaredo Ultra Trail at 11pm on Friday! That was great, but for my leg to have stood up to the 119 km (5850m ascent) and finish the race 20 hours later was amazing!

Full Results

West Highland Way – Saturday 25 June

Congratulations to ultra-runner Martin Terry who took part in the West Highland Way Race and finished in 12^th place overall and 1^st V50 with a time of 19:05:36. The race follows a linear route from Milngavie Railway Station and follows the West Highland Way route to the leisure centre in Fort William a distance of just over 95 miles.

Full Results

Now onto this week’s action!

Wednesday 29 June

Cragg Vale Fell Race

104 Runners took part in this mid-week fell race run from the heart of the village. It’s a 4 mile race with 800ft of climb. Richard Briscoe and Stephen Fish took part.

Pos	Name	Time
46	Richard Briscoe	39:06
73	Stephen Fish	44:54

Full Results

Thursday 30 June

Witton Park Summer Trail Relays

We entered a whopping 26 teams with a total of 78 runners in this popular local trail relay held in Witton Park, Blackburn. In total there were 122 teams from 12 different clubs.

The event is 3 x 3.65km legs with 492ft of climbing starting in Witton Park and climbing to the top of Billinge Woods before heading back down to the park. It’s a deceptively stiff climb up and a rip roaring descent all the way to the finish.

Our Men’s A team came 2^nd in the competition with leg 1 runner Christopher Holdsworth having the fastest leg overall in the competition. There were top 10 finishes for the Men’s B team and the Men’s C team; 6^th and 9^th respectively. Men’s Team E made the top 20 finishing in 18^th place. Men’s Team D were 21^st and Men’s Team F were 45^th.

The Vets C Team came 34^th with Vets B snapping at their heels in 35^th overall in the competition and 7^th and 8^th MVet teams respectively. The Vets A team were 67^th and Vets D were 80^th (15^th and 19^th MVet team).

The Junior Boys A team were 27^th overall and 2^nd junior boys’ team. Junior Boys B were 40^th and Junior Boys C were 71^st (3^rd and 4^th MJ teams respectively).

The Clayton Ladies’ A team finished in 31^st place overall and were the 2^nd Ladies team. Ladies’ B Team were 66^th (7^th Ladies’ team), Ladies’ Team C were 86^th (11^th Ladies’ team). Team D were 114^th and Team E were 117^th (21^st and 22^nd Ladies’ teams respectively).

The Lady Vets Team A were 59^th overall and 1^st Vet Ladies team in the competition. Lady Vets C were 98^th overall (6^th lady vets team), Lady Vets B were 105^th (7^th lady vets team), and Lady Vets D were 109^th (9^th lady vets team).

The Junior girls race was all Clayton Harriers so we took 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd in the competition. Junior Girls A were the first in 50^th place, Junior Girls B were 77^th and Junior Girls C were 102^nd.

We entered one mixed junior team who were 107^th overall and 6^th mixed team.

Very well done to all runners!

Team	Leg1	Time1	Leg2	Time2	Leg3	Time3	Total
Men A	C Holdsworth	14:38	M Perry	15:37	D Collinge	15:52	00:46:07
Men B	J McDonald	16:01	A Laycock	16:27	D Motley	16:42	00:49:10
Men C	P Coates	17:03	J Pye	16:43	R Belshaw	17:08	00:50:54
Men E	J Boult	17:27	M Clarke	18:43	J Cleaver	17:12	00:53:22
Men D	A Shaw	18:36	M Duckworth	16:31	G Pier	18:35	00:53:42
Jnr Boys A	N Henessey	17:28	R Clarke	20:55	T Bradley	17:29	00:55:52
Ladies A	O O’Mahoney	19:51	H Leathley	19:28	L Powell Smith	17:16	00:56:35
Vets C	N Roscoe	19:19	S Clare	18:42	J Wilcock	18:44	00:56:45
Vets B	A Holt	17:35	A Broulles	19:17	A Quinn	20:15	00:57:07
Jnr Boys B	S Grewal	17:39	L Jackson	19:57	R Lawrence	20:13	00:57:49
Men F	P Wale	20:48	G Berry	19:08	R Briscoe	18:38	00:58:34
Jnr Girls A	M Stubbs	20:12	E Root	20:45	B Holt	18:12	00:59:09
Lady Vets A	A Duckworth	19:34	T Mitchell	20:58	A Kelly	20:36	01:01:08
Ladies B	H O’Rourke	21:01	E Mullen	20:58	A Shian	21:16	01:03:15
Vets A	C Carey	21:50	R Morrison	19:58	C Nichols	21:36	01:03:24
Jnr Boys C	Jay Bowman	19:21	A Lundie	24:28	A Stevenson	20:03	01:03:52
Jnr Girls B	S Ashworth	22:24	C Bentham	21:16	L Thompson	21:17	01:04:57
Vets D	P Walsh	26:12	J Hickie	21:39	P Brannon	18:11	01:06:02
Ladies C	A Duffy	22:06	B Quinn	23:01	D Airey	21:58	01:07:05
Lady Vets C	H Burnett	24:49	J Knightley	22:59	J Dawes	22:35	01:10:23
Jnr Girls C	B Wheatcroft	25:28	A Pier	23:43	N Olszewska	22:35	01:11:46
Lady Vets B	N Gill	22:32	D Greenwood	26:24	J Bennett	23:56	01:12:52
Jnrs Mixed	H Kewin	24:58	H Mason	21:27	L Stevenson	27:41	01:14:06
Lady Vets D	J Rushton	23:22	J Hylands	25:50	K Brady	25:40	01:14:52
Ladies D	S Whittaker	24:10	S Hawke	25:07	C Wilson	28:13	01:17:30
Ladies E	R Todd	24:46	N Kewin	23:10	J Carey	31:43	01:19:39

Individual Times

Christopher Holdsworth ran the fastest individual leg of the competition to finish in first place on the first leg in 14:38. Peter Coates was our fastest Male vet in 35^th with a time of 17:03. Nick Hennessey was our fastest junior male runner in 52^nd place overall with a time of 17:28.

Louisa Powell Smith was our fastest lady and second fastest lady in the competition in 47^th place overall with a time of 17:16. Avril Duckworth was our fastest Vet Lady in 138^th place with a time of 19:34. Briony Holt was our fastest junior girl, fastest junior girl in the race and also fourth fastest female in the overall competition with a time of 18:12

Pos	RunnerA	Cat	Team name	Leg	LegPos	LegTime
1	Christopher Holdsworth	M	Men A	1	1	00:14:38
8	Matt Perry	M	Men A	2	2	00:15:37
11	Danny Collinge	M	Men A	3	4	00:15:52
12	Jordan McDonald	M	Men B	1	5	00:16:01
21	Andrew Laycock	M	Men B	2	7	00:16:27
22	Matt Duckworth	M	Men D	2	8	00:16:31
30	Dave Motley	M	Men B	3	10	00:16:42
31	Jonathan Pye	M	Men C	2	9	00:16:43
35	Peter Coates	MV	Men C	1	14	00:17:03
40	Ryan Belshaw	M	Men C	3	13	00:17:08
44	Jon Cleaver	M	Men	3	14	00:17:12
47	Louisa Powell Smith	F	Ladies A	3	16	00:17:16
51	James Boult	M	Men E	1	19	00:17:27
52	Nick Henessey	MJ	Jnr Boys A	1	20	00:17:28
54	Tom Bradley	MJ	Jnr Boys A	3	17	00:17:29
61	Andy Holt	MV	Vets B	1	24	00:17:35
63	Stanley Grewal	MJ	Jnr Boys B	1	25	00:17:39
79	Paul Brannon	MV	Vets D	3	26	00:18:11
80	Briony Holt	FJ	Jnr Girls A	3	27	00:18:12
95	George Pier	M	Men D	3	33	00:18:35
96	Adam Shaw	M	Men D	1	34	00:18:36
98	Richard Briscoe	M	Men F	3	34	00:18:38
102	Sean Clare	MV	Vets C	2	31	00:18:42
103	Michael Clarke	MV	Men E	2	32	00:18:43
105	John Wilcock	MV	Vets C	3	36	00:18:44
115	Gareth Berry	MV	Men F	2	35	00:19:08
122	Andy Broulles	MV	Vets B	2	38	00:19:17
124	Nick Roscoe	MV	Vets C	1	45	00:19:19
127	Jay Bowman	MJ	Jnr Boys C	1	46	00:19:21
132	Helena Leathley	F	Ladies A	2	41	00:19:28
137	Avril Duckworth	FV	Lady Vets A	1	51	00:19:34
155	Orlaith O’Mahoney	F	Ladies A	1	57	00:19:51
160	Lennon Jackson	MJ	Jnr Boys B	2	50	00:19:57
163	Robert Morrison	MV	Vets A	2	51	00:19:58
166	Adam Stevenson	MJ	Jnr Boys C	3	55	00:20:03
170	Millie Stubbs	FJ	Jnr Girls A	1	61	00:20:12
171	Reece Lawrence	MJ	Jnr Boys B	3	57	00:20:13
172	Andy Quinn	MV	Vets B	3	58	00:20:15
190	Anna Kelly	FV	Lady Vets A	3	64	00:20:36
196	Eleanor Root	FJ	Jnr Girls A	2	62	00:20:45
198	Paul Wale	MV	Men F	1	69	00:20:48
202	Ryan Clarke	MJ	Jnr Boys A	2	64	00:20:55
206	Tracey Mitchell	FV	Lady Vets A	2	65	00:20:58
207	Elizabeth Mullen	F	Ladies B	2	66	00:20:58
213	Helen O’Rourke	F	Ladies B	1	75	00:21:01
219	Claudia Bentham	FJ	Jnr Girls B	2	70	00:21:16
220	Angela Shian	F	Ladies B	3	73	00:21:16
221	Liberty Thompson	FJ	Jnr Girls B	3	74	00:21:17
229	Harry Mason	MJ	Jnrs Mixed	2	74	00:21:27
236	Craig Nichols	MV	Vets A	3	78	00:21:36
238	Jim Hickie	MV	Vets D	2	77	00:21:39
242	Carl Carey	MV	Vets A	1	82	00:21:50
246	Donna Airey	F	Ladies C	3	81	00:21:58
250	Amanda Duffy	F	Ladies C	1	86	00:22:06
256	Sophie Ashworth	FJ	Jnr Girls B	1	90	00:22:24
262	Nerina Gill	FV	Lady Vets B	1	94	00:22:32
266	Julie Daws	FV	Lady Vets C	3	88	00:22:35
267	Natasha Olszewska	FJ	Jnr Girls C	3	89	00:22:35
279	Jean Knightley	FV	Lady Vets C	2	88	00:22:59
280	Beth Quinn	F	Ladies C	2	89	00:23:01
284	Nina Kewin	F	Ladies E	2	92	00:23:10
289	Julie Rushton	FV	Lady Vets D	1	98	00:23:22
295	Alice Pier	FJ	Jnr Girls C	2	97	00:23:43
302	Joanne Bennett	FV	Lady Vets B	3	102	00:23:56
304	Sarah Whittaker	F	Ladies D	1	104	00:24:10
308	Aaron Lundie	MJ	Jnr Boys C	2	102	00:24:28
318	Rachel Todd	F	Ladies E	1	110	00:24:46
320	Helen Burnett	FV	Lady Vets C	1	111	00:24:49
322	Heidi Kewin	FJ	Jnrs Mixed	1	112	00:24:58
324	Stef Hawke	F	Ladies D	2	107	00:25:07
327	Bethany Wheatcroft	FJ	Jnr Girls C	1	114	00:25:28
330	Kath Brady	FV	Lady Vets D	3	106	00:25:40
332	Jane Hylands	FV	Lady Vets D	2	111	00:25:50
334	Paul Walsh	MV	Vets D	1	115	00:26:12
339	Deborah Greenwood	FV	Lady Vets B	2	115	00:26:24
354	Lucy Stevenson	FJ	Jnrs Mixed	3	115	00:27:41
357	Claire Wilson	F	Ladies D	3	117	00:28:13
364	Judith Carey	F	Ladies E	3	122	00:31:43

Full Results

Saturday 2 July

Catforth Canter

This was the 2^nd race of the series with a couple of club members taking part. Daniel Isherwood was our first finisher and was 17^th overall with a time of 19:39. Richard Lawson was 54^th and 1^st V75 with a time of 25:29

Pos	NAME	Cat	TIME
17	Daniel Isherwood	M	19:39
54	Richard Lawson	MV75	25:29

Church Stretton FRA Junior Champs & Inter-Counties

Report from Tina Hines Holt

It was a great course at Church Stretton for the last FRA championship race. It was windy, undulation and single track part of the way but at least the weather stayed fine. Briony Holt came in with another girl in a sprint finish but was awarded 2^nd place. Briony will end the series in 2^nd place overall in the series. Well done to everyone that ran!

U8 Race

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
3	Felix Thompson	M8	00:05:33

U10 Race

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
17	Jenson Bentham	M10	00:07:59
30	Joshua McKay	M10	00:09:34
35	Kady Thompson	F10	00:10:14

U12 Race

Pos	NAME	Cat	TIME
43	Dexta Thompson	M12	00:13:56
48	Jackson McKay	M12	00:14:43
66	Christopher Brown	M12	00:17:04

U14 Race

Pos	NAME	Cat	TIME
94	Briony Holt	F14	00:20:05
123	Liberty Thompson	F14	00:26:40

Full Results

FRA Junior Championship – Final Standings

Under 12 Boys	No Of Races	Score	Position
Jackson McKay	5	180	6
Dexta Thompson	6	179	7
Christopher Brown	4	114	20
Robbie Smedley	1	26	58

 

Under 12 Girls	No of Races	Score	Position
Ella Dorrington	2	91	24
Summer Hargreaves	2	57	34

 

Name	No of Races	Score	Position
Harry Mason	1	15	64

 

Under 14 Girls	No Races	Score	Position
Briony Holt	5	193	2
Liberty Thompson	4	127	19
Claudia Bentham	3	102	20

 

Under 16 Boys	No Races	Score	Position
Reece Lawrence	1	25	45

Full List of Standings

Heptonstall Festival Fell Race

After running the fastest leg of the Witton Park Relays, there was no stopping Christopher Holdsworth as he raced to the win at the Heptonstall Festival Fell Race. Dave Motley finished in 11th place with Carl Helliwell and Peter Coates in 13th and 16th. Fellow club members Chris Paul and Richard Briscoe completed the Clayton Contingent in 49th and 60th places respectively. 106 runners took part.

Starting in the hilltop village of Heptonstall, the route plunges deep into a neighbouring valley before finding its way to the top of a nearby peak. It then returns in similar fashion. So that means the runners finish with an almighty uphill struggle. There’s a mix of terrain. Cobbles to start with then some grassy fields, muddy slopes, rocky bridleway and open moorland, some of it pathless. Look up occasionally and there are some great views to be seen. This race is 5.9 miles with 1509ft of ascent.

Pos	Name	Cat	time
1	Christopher Holdsworth	M	00:50:08
11	Dave Motley	M	00:55:24
13	Carl Helliwell	V40	00:55:38
16	Peter Coates	V40	00:56:36
49	Chris Paul	M	01:06:40
60	Richard Briscoe	M	01:07:48

Full Results

ISOMAN

Congratulations to Vicky Heys who came 19^th overall and second lady in the half Isoman event on Saturday 2^nd July. She completed a 3.5 mile swim, a 30.7 mile bike ride and a half marathon to finish with an impressive total time of 5:55:38.

Most triathlon events are biased mainly towards the cycling and to a slightly lesser extent towards the running. Iron distance pros for example will spend only 10% of the total time swimming, 54% of the time cycling and 36% of the time running.

The aim of Isoman is to address this imbalance and create a triathlon for which all disciplines demand an equal level of excellence. To excel at Iron distance triathlon you must be an excellent cyclist/runner. To excel in Isoman you need to be an excellent triathlete!

Full Results

Oakworth Haul

Stephen Fish was our sole representative at this traditional gala fell race; 5.6 miles and 820ft of ascent.

Report from Stephen Fish

I finished 11th out of only 16 runners, in a time of 51.39. I was the only Clayton member there. Great little route, just a shame the numbers were so low. I would recommend it as a worthwhile trip over to do it, the excellent Oakworth Gala is worth it alone.

Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon

The Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon (SLMM) is a two-day mountain navigation event open to teams of two. Teams navigate between checkpoints, visiting them in the order given. The first day finishes at a mid-way campsite. Competitors must carry the lightweight camping and safety equipment listed in the rules. Competitors need to be competent in the use of map and compass in the mountains. Many checkpoints require accurate navigation, especially in misty conditions.

Katy Thompson and Kath Wallis finished in 29^th place and 1^st FV team in the Kirkfell Class team event with a total time of 12:28:10.

Report from Katy Thompson

Kath Wallis and I did the Kirkfell Class in the Saunders. I think it was my 21st Kirkfell, with a variety of partners. Saturday was very wet and windy; but at least the visibility was quite good. The Mountain Rescue were called out to two casualties on the final steep and wet grassy descent, one of whom was helicoptered off the fell with a broken arm. Sunday was much better weather wise and we finished in sunshine, thoroughly exhausted after 7 hours out on Saturday and 5 1/2 hours on Sunday. We were 29th overall in our class and as we were the oldest pair in the class we did quite well in the Vets Handicap, coming 3rd. The older you are the more time is deducted from your overall time.

With classes to cater for every ability the Saunders is an ideal introduction to mountain marathons and it would be good to see more Clayton runners taking part.

Full Results

Sunday 3 July

Bentham Beagles Bash

The Bentham Beagles Bash 10k is a rural race held on 1 lap of country roads with spectacular views of Ingleborough and the Yorkshire 3 peaks. The course is undulating so runners can expect to be challenged. Martin and Kath Brady took part in a field of 82 runners.

Pos	NAME	Cat	TIME
28	Martin Brady	MV50	49:43
46	Kath Brady	FV50	54:09

Bampton Sports Day

Alan Life and Wendy Dodds ran in this 5.5 mile fell race with 801ft of climb which forms part of the Bampton Sports Day event. Alan Life was 13^th overall with a time of 46:53 and Wendy Dodds was 35^th with a time of 54:37.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
13	Alan Life	V50	46:53:00
35	Wendy Dodds	V60	54:37:00

Full Results

Oxenhope Straw Race

Described in the event rules as as strenuous activity that involves alcohol consumption, the race involves the consumption of beer at each of 5 venues on the route. Competitors are required to run approximately 2½ miles – with a bale of straw (20Kg) being carried for 1½ miles up hill.

Two hundred and eleven teams took part this year and with competitive athletes to some more leisurely competitors who took full advantage of the great weather to have a stroll around the village. The fancy dress, which never fails to impress, was amazing and it is great to see everyone staying in character along the whole course.

After enjoying success last year Laura Hesketh returned with her team mate Chris Barnes to finish in 4th place overall and take the prize for the Mixed Athletes category.

Full Results

Potteries Marathon

Daniel Plant took part in the Potteries marathon in Stoke finishing in 43^rd place with a time of 03:27:58. This is his 3^rd marathon in as many months. Well done Dan!

Full Results

Trawden 7 Trail Race

Another bumper turn out of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers for this 7 mile trail race, the latest in the popular Pendle and Burnley Grand Prix Series. The race is organised by Trawden AC and starts and finishes on the Recreation Ground in Trawden. 258 runners took part in the senior race and 54 of them were Clayton-le-Moors Harriers.

Dave Walker was our first finisher in 9^th place overall with a time of 44:34 battling to the finish with team mate Andrew Laycock who was only a second behind him in 10^th place.

Richard Stevenson and Matthew Duckworth had a similar tussle for 17^th and 18^th place not long afterwards.

Thomas Bradley had a good run and was the first MU18 in the race in 43^rd place with a time of 50:38.

Stephen Ainsworth was 1^st M55 in 52^nd place with a time of 51:51 and David Scott was 1^st MV70 in 138^th place overall and a time of 59:49.

Louisa Powell- Smith was our first Clayton lady, first F35 and the winner of the ladies race in 29^th overall in 47:41.

Linda Bostock was 1^st LV60 and 142^nd overall with a time of 60:15, and Christine Leathley was 1^st LV65 in 253^rd place and with a time of 88:11.

 

Report from Adrienne Olszewska

As most of you know, I am no speed queen! I’m much happier joggling along in ridiculously long distance events enjoying the scenery, the adventure and the food. However, I had some new shoes to try out and, due to unforeseen circumstances, find myself a bit time-poor at the moment. With a big race looming I thought the terrain on this race would be ideal testing ground. So I paid my entrance fee and lined up with the fast lads and lasses.

After a circuit around the recreation ground we headed out along the road and continued through Higher Stunstead, Near Wanless and Far Wanless before dropping steeply down to the road at Hollin Hall. A left here follows the road as it gains height past Lodge Hill and Mean Moss farms to meet the Pendle Way at the foot of Boulsworth Hill. As expected, people passed me as I soldiered on up the hill in my new Hokas. I expected them to be a little on the clodhoppery side and had chosen to ignore the offer of a wig and a red nose to go with them from certain individuals. (There is a school of thought that compares these shoes to clown shoes as they are super cushioned and can look outrageously massive!) However, they are surprisingly light and extremely comfy!

A left turn now followed onto an undulating section until the path descended to a wide concrete bridge. Across this and on to the Pendle Way, then a sharp left onto the Bronte Way and gradual decline through a very scenic stretch by the river into Wycoller. This was where the shoes really came into their own since you barely notice the stony lumps and bumps underfoot. Sadly, they didn’t make me much faster at all but it was certainly quite pleasant underfoot! Having said that, I did have a fun descent and even managed to pass a few people on the way down.

Over the ancient stone bridge in Wycoller then it’s the last mile and a section of road beyond Wycoller and back to the finish. With a bit of headwind I had a bit of a Marcel Marceau feeling of making lots of effort and not really moving forward at all and then before I knew it I was back. Not last!

So in conclusion, the Trawden 7 Trail Race is a great race to do. It’s got a bit of everything; climbing, good trails, a bit of gooey stuff and is a nice distance. I wasn’t keen on the final road section but plenty of other runners really enjoyed that last fast section so it’s no real deal breaker.

Senior Race Results

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
9	Dave Walker	MSEN	44.34
10	Andrew Laycock	MSEN	44.35
17	Richard Stevenson	M40	46.00
18	Matthew Duckworth	MSEN	46.01
21	Stuart Procter	MSEN	46.51
28	Chris Snell	MSEN	47.41
29	Louisa Powell-Smith	F35	47.41
34	Paul Hesketh	M50	48.56
35	Dave Motley	MSEN	49.01
36	Chris Funnell	M50	49.05
43	Thomas Bradley	MU18	50.38
47	Michael Clarke	M40	50.54
48	John Wilcock	M50	51.27
51	James Boult	MSEN	51.47
52	Stephen Ainsworth	M55	51.51
55	Richard Briscoe	MSEN	52.05
58	Neil Garnett	M55	52.25
60	Damien Thornton	MSEN	52.38
75	Andy Bradley	M50	53.34
84	Robert Morrison	M40	54.45
85	Andy Quinn	M45	54.49
114	Stuart Procter	MSEN	56.58
119	Elizabeth Mullan	FSEN	57.54
125	Donna Airey	F35	58.16
126	Andrew Webster	M45	58.25
127	Paul Wale	M40	58.31
133	Nerina Gill	F45	59.20
137	Angela Shian	FSEN	59.45
138	David Ian Scott	M70	59.49
142	Linda Bostock	F60	60.15
147	Geoff Smith	M40	60.56
159	Julie Dawes	F45	61.27
160	Jean Knightley	F55	61.29
164	Brian Wildman	M50	61.46
168	Julia Rushton	F50	62.25
169	Cassandra Smedley	FSEN	62.28
172	Bianca Bennett	FSEN	62.40
181	Helen Burnett	F45	64.11
186	Bethany Quinn	FSEN	65.22
190	Tony Pilling	M50	65.51
191	Sarah Helliwell	F35	65.52
195	Rachel Todd	F40	66.32
199	Justin Birtwistle	M40	66.59
204	Lisa Ellis	FSEN	67.39
217	Michelle Butschok	F40	69.54
221	Robert Hirst	M65	70.57
226	Deborah Greenwood	F45	71.58
228	Paul Walsh	M60	72.11
230	Adrienne Olszewska	F45	72.58
238	Mark Knowles	M40	74.22
243	Karen Clarkin	F45	76.05
249	Anita Jones	F60	83.41
253	Christine Leathley	F65	88.11
254	Sharon Wilson	F40	92.28

Trawden Junior Trail Race Results

A great set of performances for all of our juniors at the Trawden Trail races. The U8s ran 2 laps of the recreation ground. The U10s added a descent and a climb in their race with the U12 & U16s running this course twice.

U8 Race

29 runners took part in the U8 race. Toby Birtwistle raced hard and was 3^rd in the race. Felix followed a few seconds later to take 6^th place. Ellisia Smedley continues to show lots of promise with a strong run to finish in 7^th overall and 2^nd girl and team mate Emily Johnson was 20^th.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
3	Toby Birtwistle	MU8	2:47
6	Felix Thompson	MU8	3:01
7	Ellisia Smedley	FU8	3:10
20	Emily Johnson	FU8	3:41

U10 Race

Matthew Jackson was our first finisher in the U10 race in 4^th place overall. Thomas Ashworth was 11^th and Kady Thompson battled hard in a sprint finish in 13^th overall and 3^rd girl in the race.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
4	Matthew Jackson	MU10	9:03
11	Thomas Ashworth	MU10	10:21
13	Kady Thompson	FU10	10:41

U12 & U16 Race

All the remaining junior runners the same route as the U10s two times. Dexta Thompson won the race outright with a lead of almost a minute over 2^nd place Barlick runner Elliott Phillips.

Reece Lawrence was 3^rd and first in his age category with Robbie Smedley chasing him for the position but having to settle for 4^th overall and 3^rd MU12.

Lennon Jackson was 8^th overall and 3^rd MU16 and Charlie Birtwistle was 14th and 8th MU12. Our U16 girls had a clean sweep in the category. Liberty Thompson led in 11^th place with Sophie Ashworth following on her heels Natasha was the 3^rd U16 girl and 21^st overall with younger sister Bronia finishing in 28^th place and 4^th U16 girl.

Pos	Name	Cat	Cat Pos	Time
1	Dexta Thompson	MU12	1	13:06
3	Reece Lawrence	MU16	1	14:13
4	Robbie Smedley	MU12	3	14:14
8	Lennon Jackson	MU16	3	14:57
11	Liberty Thompson	FU16	1	15:11
12	Sophie Ashworth	FU16	2	15:18
14	Charlie Birtwistle	MU12	8	15:23
21	Natasha Olszewska	FU16	3	16:46
28	Bronia Olszewska	FU16	4	20:21

Parkrun roundup

Arrow Valley parkrun – A total of 303 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
3	Richard STEVENSON	18:42	VM40-44	First Timer!

Bolton parkrun – A total of 312 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
76	Martin BRADY	24:45	VM50-54	First Timer!

Burnley parkrun – A total of 301 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
1	Jacob WATSON	18:04	SM30-34
6	Paul BRANNON	19:05	VM55-59
7	Matthew DUCKWORTH	19:41	SM25-29
8	Nicholas HENNESSEY	20:07	JM11-14
11	Gareth BERRY	20:36	VM40-44
18	Reece Adam LAWRENCE	21:04	JM15-17
19	Helana WHITE	21:07	JW10
26	Kevin DAVIES	21:54	VM50-54
35	Stuart PROCTOR	22:44	VM35-39
39	Colin WHITE	22:51	VM40-44
52	Sophie ASHWORTH	23:37	JW11-14
54	Julie DAWES	23:45	VW45-49
56	Ian HARGREAVES	23:56	VM50-54
77	Annabel WILCOCK	24:43	JW15-17
83	Bethany WHEATCROFT	24:52	JW11-14	New PB!
87	Matthew JACKSON	24:57	JM10
88	Jake ANFORTH	25:00	JM10
103	Carl CAREY	25:49	VM45-49
104	John WILCOCK	25:50	VM50-54
116	David Ian SCOTT	26:43	VM70-74
123	Bianca BENNETT	27:03	SW25-29
145	Philip NAYLOR	28:05	VM35-39
151	Aaron LUNDIE	28:29	JM11-14
155	Robert HIRST	28:37	VM65-69
158	Hayley COPEMAN	28:43	VW45-49
175	Jack MCGUIRE	29:32	VM60-64
242	Judith CAREY	33:56	VW35-39
291	Valerie LAWSON	39:01	VW70-74

Durham parkrun – A total of 260 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
186	Eileen JONES	30:33	VW60-64	First Timer!

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 193 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
46	Wendy DODDS	23:45	VW65-69

Lancaster parkrun – A total of 173 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
105	Doug MUNROE	30:15	VM70-74	New PB!

Pendle parkrun – A total of 78 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
2	John HARTLEY	20:32	VM55-59
27	Dawn TERRY	27:02	VW50-54

Wetherby parkrun – A total of 52 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
50	Robin PRICE	35:38	VM70-74	First Timer!

Witton parkrun – A total of 55 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
16	Julia RUSHTON	25:51	VW50-54

Woodhouse Moor parkrun – A total of 428 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
5	David BAGOT	17:58	SM20-24

 

When the weather is hot you can reach right out and you will find Clayton-le-Moors Harriers racing all over the place. This week you have been hot footing around the fells, mountains trails, parks and roads with plenty of great results. Ladies, men, seniors and juniors have all been strutting their stuff in the sunshine.

Wednesday 1 June

Astley Park Trail Series

Jonathan Pye finished in 5^th place in the second race of the series with a time of 26:46 along with Ted Orrell who finished in 99^th place.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
5	Jonathan Pye	M	26:46
98	Ted Orrell	V75	40:12

Full Results

Astley Park Junior Trail Series

A great turn out of Clayton-le-Moors Juniors despite this race falling slap bang in the middle of the Spring Bank half term week. On a pleasant, balmy evening 19 juniors lined up to race in the second event of this popular series.

There were age category first places for Dexta Thomson (U11), Helana White (L11) and Felix Thompson (U7). A great set of results for our juniors.

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
11	Dexta Thompson	U11	1	5:31
15	Adam Stevenson	U15	6	5:50
17	Ella Dorrington	L13	2	5:53
21	Liberty Thompson	L15	3	5:58
23	Jenson Bentham	U11	2	6:00
25	Claudia Bentham	L15	4	6:11
29	Helana White	L11	1	6:18
35	Lennon Jackson	U13	10	6:25
36	Sophie Ashworth	L13	5	6:27
40	Summer Hargreaves	L11	4	6:35
46	Matthew Jackson	U11	11	6:42
54	Natasha Olszewska	L15	8	6:59
59	Thomas Ashworth	U11	14	7:05
60	Keira Stevenson	L13	11	7:05
66	Kady Thompson	L11	11	7:14
67	Felix Thompson	U7	1	7:17
85	Rachel Stevenson	L11	15	8:00
86	Bronia Olszewska	L13	14	8:03
87	Tillie Ferguson	L11	16	8:07

Full Results

Littleborough 5K Series

Paul Walsh was our sole representative in the third race of this 5K series. He finished in 71^st place with a time of 25:41.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
71	Paul Laurence Walsh	M60	25:41.7

 Full Results

Thursday 2 June

Cuerden Valley Badger Trail 10K

The Cuerden Valley Badger Trail 10k is the second race in the club’s trail championship and 7 club members took part. Our first finisher was Fell Captain Dave Motley who was 11^th place overall with a time of 40:14. Nerina Gill was our first lady finisher in 95^th and with a time of 51:21

Report from Dave Motley

A Tale of Two Races… part 1

Looking at the race calendar I noticed that in order to try and compete on all fronts in the club championship I would have no choice but to double up and race both the trail & fell club championship this week. So having already raced at Bowley Hill Trail race on Monday, I turned up at Cuerden Valley for the Badger 10k Trail race with tired legs.

After registration and a good warm up the race started. It’s always strange to race in a slightly different area as you don’t know the faces and reputations of the other runners so myself and Richard surprisingly found ourselves in 1st & 2nd place after 800m and we were wondering if anybody would join us and not long after a group of 4 joined in. The 10k undulating trail has a little of everything including 6/7 swing gates, a number of bollards, which I found out as I ran into one with Richard Stevenson and a few other runners comically falling over me and a cow dodge as you climb through a field.

A really quick race but with stops at the stiles and swing gates knocking you out of your stride, a tough one. I finished the race in 11th place after suffering a really bad stitch between mile 4 and 5 and for the geeky like me I checked my Garmin splits and it probably affected me by nearly a min over that mile, think I need to revisit my pre evening race prep as toast doesn’t seem to be the way forward. I finished in just over 40mins and was really happy with my run despite the stitch finishing 1st Clayton back in front of Richard

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
11	Dave Motley	M	(007/040)	00:40:14
13	Richard Stevenson	M40	(004/023)	00:40:52
27	John Wilcock	M50	(004/018)	00:43:04
33	Sean Clare	M50	(005/018)	00:43:55
49	Stephen Biscomb	M60	(004/012)	00:45:48
95	Nerina Gill	F45	(003/013)	00:51:21
107	Julia Rushton	F50	(002/009)	00:52:13

Full Results

Henderson’s End Fell Race

There was a good turnout of runners in Half-Term week when it was expected a lot of runners would be on holiday with family. However, 94 runners entered Hendersons End fell race (which is about the average turnout) to run a tough course that starts at the upper barn at Rivington and climbs to the Pigeon Tower, Pike, 2 Lads and the Trig Point before returning back almost the same way to finish back at the barn. This course is approx. 6.8 miles with 1200 ft of ascent and is a good testing run.

Andrew Howarth was our sole representative at this race finishing in 57^th place with a time of 66:50

Pos	Name	Time
57	Andrew Howarth	66:50

 Full Results

Ingleton Scenery

67 runners took part in this scenic race around the Ingleton Waterfalls. A quartet of Clayton Harriers was amongst them. Alan Life was our first man home in 13^th place overall and 1^st MV50, with Andrew and Peter Dugdale in 38^th and 51^st respectively. Carol Life was our sole lady runner and finished in 51^st place.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
13	Alan Life	MV50	35:42
38	Andrew Dugdale	MV50	42:02
45	Peter Dugdale	MV55	44:25
51	Carol Life	FV50	46:53

Full Results

Saturday 4 June

The 10th Highlander Mountain Marathon

Report by Colin Woolford

So what seemed like a distant memory of arranging to run the Highlander Mountain Marathon one winter’s eve in the Pendle Inn became a very apparent reality as Mark Nutter strode into view to pick me up from Pitlochry at the end of my family holiday with wife and son. The 10^th Highlander – dubbed “the final fling” as the organisers had deemed this to be the last –  was almost upon us and a quick 90 minute blast up the A9 took us to Inverness and then on to Glen Cannich, the venue for this now iconic Mountain Marathon, usually in April, but moved to June to take advantage of the vacant LAMM slot.

Normally Scotland in June means overcast, showers, mild, and midge hell – WRONG!  Wall to wall blue sky with a brisk enough breeze to keep the little biters away and keep us cool. We registered on Friday night before a planned 8.00am bus to the start line from the village hall in Cannich on Saturday morning.

In the valley the weather was glorious but a 30 minute bus trip later to a reservoir and dam up on the hill at around 200m and the forecast clag was down with low cloud obscuring any chance of a view. We really could have been anywhere! Hoping the forecast would be right and this would lift by late morning we set off confident of a strong performance, both having done Mountain Marathons in the past and plenty of other “Nav” based events.  We were in for a treat.  With the maps given to us as we crossed the start line and the clock started ticking, we marked the maps up with the checkpoints we had to visit before racing off into the cloud and mist to seek them out.

We spent a frantic 5-10 mins trying to find the first of the nine Checkpoints we had to find over the next 22+km/1250m ascent of day one before eventually getting our eye in to the map and formulating a plan on the move we began to climb up.  And up.  And up.  It is here we remind ourselves that Scotland is BIG!

Two hours into the day and three CP’s down the cloud lifts and were greeted with a stunning day of views, mountains, Munros and hills, banter with other teams and some of the most challenging terrain to move over in scorching heat.  This was made all the more challenging by large sections of the course being without water courses – the terrain was so dry, whereas this made moving across bogs easier and faster than usual, trying to stay hydrated was a challenge and after CP6 we made sure our route to CP7 crossed a stream for welcome relief of thirst.  On our way to the overnight camp we were treated to the briefest of conversations with the now legendary Jasmine Paris of Carnethy Hill Running Club and Innov-8 – whose recent record breaking exploits on a summer Bob Graham Round meant that she was competing here “just for fun” with her Mum as a team mate!  Chuffed we had run past a fell running legend we headed to the overnight camp to replenish some very depleted fluid and energy levels after 7 hours 9 minutes of moving over challenging terrain in sweltering conditions carrying all our kit for the weekend on our backs.

The Highlander is famous for its remote locations, challenging terrain and navigation and of course a Ceilidh and bar at the midway camp.  What else would you expect!  The band started up at 8.30 and by 8.32 the floor was full of revellers, sorry, I mean competitors dancing the Gay Gordons, flings and jigs of all sorts.  It should be noted here that several competitors appeared to have saved their energy for this occasion!

Day two broke with the expected low cloud and fortunately lighter packs having eaten food and used fuel for the evening meal and breakfast.  Off we went into the clag over more tough pathless ground.  We broke through the cloud at about 600m and were greeted by the most amazing temperature inversion.

The day carried on clearer and hotter than the day before, but fortunately with more streams to collect water from as we went.  Mountain Marathons on day two typically have a much shorter route, to get people back to the finish/event centre.  Not the Highlander, another 20km+/1100m ascent day and for us 6 hours 50 minutes, with most of the drop outs/DNF’s occurring on day two, and Mark and I bearing witness to two of these teams bowing out, one team in quite a painful way, we dug in to finish in one piece and not counting minor cuts, bruises, sunburn and very tired ankles and calves we were able to do so.  We came in 33rd place from 60 “C” starts, only 46 finishing.

A fantastic event in amazing surroundings. The toughest Mountain Marathon I have competed in and it would be real shame if this does indeed prove to be “the final fling” for the Highlander.

Results

Kelbrook Fell Race

This race was first organised by Rev Andrew Proctor, the vicar of Kelbrook Parish Church in conjunction with a garden party held in the grounds of the vicarage, with the profits going towards church finances. More recently, the race has become part of the Pendle & Burnley Grand Prix with a consequential increase in the numbers taking part and the vicarage garden party gave way to Kelbrook Gala The original race route went up Waterloo Road and on to Cob Lane before heading out on to the fells, but a new route was introduced in 2003 which took out the road sections and made the race trail and fell only.

There was a bumper turnout of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers at this race in the popular Pendle and Burnley Grand Prix series. Jordan McDonald had a tremendous run finishing in 3^rd place.

Also finishing in the top ten were Matthew Duckworth and Chris Snell. Thomas Bradley and Beth Quinn continue to make superb progress from junior to senior racing with an excellent 20^th place finish for Tom and 86^th for Beth. John Wilcock has been focussing on speed and this has paid off for him as he raced to win 1^st M50 and 24^th overall.

Roger Brewster was 1^st M60, Robert Hirst was 1^st M65 and Barry Mitchell was 1^st M70.

Elizabeth Mullan was the first Clayton Lady finisher in 61^st place and 7^th lady.

Irene Roche was 1^st W55, Linda Bostock was 1^st W60 and Beth Quinn was 1^st U18. We had a fantastic turnout of women in the race with almost half the field running for Clayton-le-Moors.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
3	Jordan McDonald	M	23:32
7	Matthew Duckworth	M	24:25
10	Chris Snell	M	25:24
14	Michael Clarke	M40	26:17
16	Chris Funnell	M45	26:36
17	James Boult	M	26:38
20	Thomas Bradley	MU18	26:54
24	John Wilcock	M50	27:13
30	Roger Brewster	M60	27:44
33	Stephen Ainsworth	M55	27:58
35	Andy Bradley	M50	28:01
43	Sean Clare	M50	29:00
50	Robert Morrison	M40	29:47
53	Stuart Proctor	M	29:56
54	Andy Quinn	M45	29:57
61	Elizabeth Mullan	W	30:46
62	James Hickie	M55	30:53
63	Irene Roche	W55	30:57
66	Linda Bostock	W60	31:13
71	Barry Mitchell	M70	32:45
75	Andrew Taylor	M55	33:25
76	Carl Carey	M45	33:41
77	Jean Knightley	W55	33:55
78	Tony Pilling	M50	34:04
81	Helen Burnett	W45	34:35
82	Bianca Bennett	W	34:47
83	Julia Rushton	W50	35:15
85	Sarah Helliwell	W	36:24
86	Bethany Quinn	WU18	36:24
87	Robert Hirst	M65	37:49
88	Michelle Butschok	W40	38:03
89	Doug Munroe	M70	38:08
90	Paul Walsh	M60	38:09
93	Mark Knowles	M45	38:38
95	Deborah Greenwood	W45	40:05
97	Danny Pilkington	M40	41:04
98	Ron Chappell	M65	43:05
100	Karen Clarkin	W40	44:18
102	Judith Carey	W35	47:01
103	Jack McGuire	M60	47:41
104	Anita Jones	W60	47:49
105	Sharon Wilson	W40	51:26

Full Results 

Pen-y-Gent Fell Race

Report from Dave Motley – A Tale of Two Races… part 2

Saturday, baking weather and the next of the Club Championship races at Pen-Y-Ghent in Yorkshire. Although I’ve run this hill before as part of the 3 Peaks race, I’ve never had a go at the hill on its own. Looking at the map on the start line the race didn’t follow any of the 3 Peaks route and started with almost a mile of tarmac which meant only one thing a Dave Bagot 1 mile dash. When we entered the fell Dave had a commanding lead over the chasing Clayton lads (me, Carl Helliwell & Pete Coates). But on entering the fell this is where Pete Coates came into own and he stormed up to the summit passing both me & Dave, I managed to get past Dave ½ way up the climb with Carl hot on my tail.

After we summited we had a long run off the hill where Pete stretched his lead over me &Carl; Carl passing me half way down the descent as my body started to scream at me to stop. I think the heat, combined with my 3rd race of the week, increased mileage and the heat finally took its toll and I knew at this point I wouldn’t be able to stick with Carl. I finished the race in 23rd place overall and was a little disappointed with my performance as I felt I had nothing on the climb. The race itself is really tough 6 mile over one of Yorkshire highest peaks and next time I will not underestimate it and will run smarter and not race 3 times in one week. Well done to Pete Coates who at the moment looks in a commanding position to become Mr Fell 2016.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
16	Peter Coates	MV40	57:26
19	Carl Helliwell	MV40	57:55
23	Dave Motley	M	58:54
31	David Bagot	M	1:00:50
40	Andrew Orr	MV45	1:03:30
44	Brian Horrocks	MV50	1:04:01
50	Richard Briscoe	M	1:05:39
63	Kieran Carr	MV70	1:08:27
84	Chris Whiteoak	M	1:12:45
94	David Moyniham	MV45	1:13:59
95	Stephen Bury	MV55	1:14:46
104	Rick Moore	MV50	1:16:09
107	Andrew Firth	MV55	1:16:25
108	David Naylor	MV60	1:16:32
111	Peter Dugdale	MV50	1:17:13
112	David Horrocks	MV50	1:17:33
119	Andrew Dugdale	MV50	1:18:23
143	Nicola Dugdale	LV55	1:26:14
149	Mark Taylor	M	1:28:35

Full Results

Wharfedale Trail Half Marathon

No results as yet for this event but a couple of Clayton ladies were spotted taking part in this event. Angela Shian and Vicky Heys have been adding this year’s green finishers’ buffs to their growing collection.

Sunday 5 June

Burnley 10K

Over 1300 runners took to the roads of Burnley for this popular 10k race. Danny Collinge was our first finisher taking 2^nd place in 35:15.

Louisa Powell-Smith was our first Clayton Lady over the line and also first lady runner in the race overall. Reece Laurence and Lucy Stevenson both aged 15 were our youngest runners successfully making their transition from junior to senior racing.

Not many runners had clubs listed next to their names on the results so if I have missed anyone, apologies!

Race Report by Louisa Powell-Smith

Despite feeling under the weather, I was determined to take part again and try out the new course to secure my title from 2015. Having reccied the route before the race I was disappointed and though it was boring and less scenic than the Pennine route. However, my experience on the day was great! The atmosphere and support throughout the whole route was brilliant and the start and finish in Towneley Park was perfect.

In all a great race; tough and very hot conditions but nonetheless an enjoyable experience with some great performances from everyone.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
2	Danny Collinge	M	35:15
4	Jacob Watson	M	35:38
10	Jonathan Cleaver	M35	38:40
16	Louisa Powell-Smith	F35	39:15
17	Matthew Duckworth	M	39:30
29	Kenan Eti	M	40:42
42	John Wilcock	M50	41:46
59	Nick Roscoe	M45	42:36
70	Reece Lawrence	M	43:17
106	Stuart Proctor	M35	45:03
117	Robert Morrison	M40	45:41
127	Carl Dale	M	45:58
147	Colin White	M40	47:02
157	Donna Airey	F35	47:11
191	Amanda Duffy	F35	48:31
215	Julie Dawes	F45	48:57
220	Lynsey Birtwistle	F35	49:00
249	Cassandra Darling-Smedley	F35	49:44
263	Carl Carey	M45	50:24
350	Ian Hargreaves	M50	52:01
375	Justin Birtwistle	M40	53:09
405	Steven Blake	M40	52:34
463	Lisa Ellis	F	55:10
572	Lee Moore	M35	57:07
596	Danny Pilkington	M40	57:59
657	Deborah Greenwood	F45	58:54
689	Helen Harrison	F45	58:45
693	Kieran Rigby	M35	59:47
755	Karen Clarkin	F40	1:01:36
775	Hayley Copeman	F45	1:00:32
785	Christine Egerton	F60	1:01:40
814	Lucy Stevenson	F	1:02:52
935	Sophie McIntosh	F	1:04:50
959	Anita Jones	F60	1:07:08
985	Christine Leathley	F60	1:06:58
997	Judith Carey	F35	1:06:27
1120	Nicola Kay	F	1:11:32

Full Results

Edenfield FR

Geoffrey Gough and Katy Thompson took part in this 6.4 mile fell race with 1565ft of ascent organised by Rossendale Harriers.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
19	Geoffery Gough	M55	55.04
68	Katy Thompson	F60	72.27

Full Results

Kettlewell BOFRA

Senior Race

Four Clayton men took part in the third event of the BOFRA 2016 championship races. Our first finisher was Andrew Holt who was 28^th with a time of 15:17. Richard Briscoe was 54^th and the cohort of Clayton runners was completed by Andrew Firth and Stephen Fish 71^st and 85^th place respectively.

Report from Andrew Holt

It was a scorching hot day, next to the river, idyllic village setting, bring your own food BBQ, home-cooked cakes and tea. The 1st  BOFRA I’ve run for three years; I was talked into it by my daughter Briony, who didn’t even watch cause she playing in the river! The run consisted of 3/4 mile run walk up to the top, 200m across, 3/4 miles down scree and grassy banks to the finish. I hobbled to a respectable 28th despite having no one to pace myself on, but lost by three seconds to Briony for the second time this year!A classic,enjoyable BOFRA race

Richard Briscoe Reports

On Sunday I did a BOFRA fell race at Kettlewell. It was only a short race 1.5 miles but it is a straight up and down route. Was very warm for the race as they start at mid day. The route goes up a crag via the chimney up to the top of the hill and back down. It was good turn out for Clayton for the juniors and a few seniors myself Andy Firth, Steve Fish, and Andy Holt.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
28	Andrew Holt	MV40	15:17
54	Richard Briscoe	Man	17:24
71	Andrew Firth	MV50	19:29
85	Stephen Fish	MV60	21:00

Junior Races

Report from Alan Dorrington

Round 3 of the BOFRA series was held at Kettlewell on a beautiful, hot, sunny day in the Dales. Some of the Clayton Juniors had raced there before and so were prepared for one of the hardest and most intimidating courses on the calendar, the principle difficulty being a breakneck descent (after a very hard climb), off the valley side through broken ground, steep grass and a particularly unnerving rock chute. Those that hadn’t raced before soon became acquainted with the steep terrain on a recce, helped and supported by the other juniors that had already experienced the ‘proper’ fell racing there.

The U9s were off first, with Felix Thompson the sole Clayton runner, plugging away to the turn point which luckily avoided the worst of the descent for that age group. Dexta Thompson, Jenson Bentham, Kady Thompson and Ella Dorrington were next up in the U12s, running up through the limestone notch and across the first lip on the valley side before coming back down through the rock chute descent. Both Dexta and Jenson had great climbs and clean, fast descents, coming in 2nd and 6th respectively whilst Ella had to do an ’emergency’ flip round onto all fours to avoid falling above the rock chute, had a quick pit stop to be sick lower down, and still managed to hold on to her place as 2nd Girl. Kady had a nasty tumble below the rock chute, but soldiered on really well to finish.

The U14s climbed higher with an extra descent before the main descent and Jackson McKay, who had been practicing the descent several times, descended really confidently into 14^th place. Claudia Bentham didn’t have her best race in the U14G but being in her first season on the fells, is building valuable experience race by race.

Briony Holt was unchallenged in winning the U17G, coming in some way ahead of her nearest rival on a course she apparently loves!

On such a hot day, the Juniors didn’t take much encouraging to get into the river afterwards, with Team Jumping In being the most popular activity of the day.”

U17 Race

Pos	Name	Time
7	Briony Holt	15:14

U14 Race

Pos	Name	Time
8	Jackson McKay	9:52
28	Claudia Bentham	14:20

U12 Race

Pos	Name	Time
2	Dexta Thompson	6:54
6	Jenson Bentham	7:17
12	Ella Dorrington	7:58
51	Kady Thompson	11:03

U9 Race

Pos	Name	Time
14	Joshua McKay	5:51
22	Felix Thompson	6:06

Full Results 

Lakeland Trails Half Marathon Challenge

Congratulations to Jo Perry for completing her first half marathon distance at the Lakeland Trails Half Marathon Challenge. She finished in 144th place with a time of 2:22:22 in tough and hot conditions in Coniston in the Lake District

Full Results

Morecambe Superbowl 10K

The Morecambe 10km is popular with new runners and PB hunters alike! Starting and finishing on the Promenade this seaside race provides a good course coupled with lovely views across the Bay.

Unsurprisingly, the clash with the Burnley 10k meant that there were only two Clayton runners at this event. Daniel Isherwood had a good run finishing in 13^th place overall with a time of 40:29 and Kevin O’Brien was 131^st with a time of 1:05:27

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
13	Daniel Isherwood	M	00:40:29
131	Kevin O’Brien	MV70	01:05:27

Full Results 

North West Junior Triathlon Series

Ellie Root took part in her 1^st triathlon of the year at Blackpool in the North West Series. It was an early start as her race was scheduled for a 9:15 start. Ellie had a decent swim coming out of the pool in 5^th place. She was quickly onto her bike and off for the 10K cycle. This was her first time racing in her cleats and she had a great ride pulling herself up to 2^nd place. The run was over 3K on grass. She looked very strong from the outset. She was briefly overtaken by another runner but was soon back in front. With her eyes set firmly on one more target, Ellie pushed hard to move into 1^st place and claim her first victory and her 100 points. We are all very proud!

Helana White also took part in the junior triathlon series finishing in 4th place. She was in 12th place after her swim and managed to make up a few places on her bike. However, it was having the fastest run of her class that gave her the 4th place.

Well done to our talented juniors!

Parkrun roundup

Burnley parkrun celebrated its 4th birthday this weekend and plenty of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers were in attendance. Congratulations to Jonathan Pye and Annabel Wilcock for winning points prizes for senior male and junior female.

Bramley parkrun – A total of 179 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
157	Robin PRICE	36:51	VM70-74	First Timer!

Burnley parkrun – A total of 302 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
1	Andrew STUBBS	17:18	VM45-49	New PB!
2	Jonathan PYE	18:00	SM25-29
3	Mark ASPINALL	18:25	VM55-59
8	Richard STEVENSON	19:02	VM40-44
14	Nicholas HENNESSEY	19:59	JM11-14
15	Gareth BERRY	19:59	VM35-39
17	Nick ROSCOE	20:11	VM45-49
19	Reece Adam LAWRENCE	20:25	JM15-17	New PB!
20	Simon WILSHAW	20:25	JM15-17
22	Michael HOGAN	20:38	VM45-49
23	Helana WHITE	20:41	JW10	New PB!
29	Lennon JACKSON	21:21	JM11-14
34	Robbie SMEDLEY	21:42	JM10
39	Donna RILEY	21:51	VW50-54
45	Millie STUBBS	22:15	JW11-14
48	Colin WHITE	22:23	VM40-44
53	Nathan KEWIN	22:54	JM11-14	New PB!
56	Liberty THOMPSON	23:04	JW11-14	New PB!
60	Julie DAWES	23:15	VW45-49
62	Finley STUBBS	23:36	JM10
64	Matthew JACKSON	23:37	JM10
68	Toby BIRTWISTLE	23:42	JM10
71	Martin GRIFFIN	23:46	VM55-59
85	Summer HARGREAVES	24:36	JW10	First Timer!
86	Jake ANFORTH	24:37	JM10	New PB!
96	Natasha OLSZEWSKA	25:01	JW11-14
97	Nicola THOMPSON	25:03	VW35-39	New PB!
108	Keira STEVENSON	25:27	JW10	New PB!
112	Stuart HARTLEY	25:32	VM55-59
124	Annabel WILCOCK	25:56	JW15-17
125	John WILCOCK	25:58	VM50-54
160	Joanne MOTLEY	27:31	SW30-34
167	Heidi KEWIN	27:50	JW11-14
170	Jane HYLANDS	27:55	VW40-44
187	Aaron LUNDIE	28:58	JM11-14
211	Daniel PLANT	31:48	SM30-34
217	Bronia OLSZEWSKA	32:18	JW11-14
219	Adrienne OLSZEWSKA	32:21	VW45-49
299	Nicola KAY	45:09	SW30-34
301	Charlie BIRTWISTLE	45:16	JM10

Halifax parkrun – A total of 116 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
70	Eileen JONES	30:47	VW60-64	First Timer!

Pendle parkrun – A total of 73 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
4	Paul BRANNON	21:20	VM55-59
6	John HARTLEY	21:28	VM55-59

Woodbank parkrun – A total of 163 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
125	Ron HILL	32:01	VM75-79

Woodhouse Moor parkrun – A total of 421 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
19	Colin SHUTTLEWORTH	19:09	VM55-59